The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1876, Page 3

& * NEW YORK » THE DISPUTED SUCCESSION. Conflicting Evidence Before the Congressional Committees. VIOLENCE ON BOTH SIDES. Action of the Louisiana Soard Explained by Mr. Cassanave. MR. JULIAN’S FOREBODINGS. Virginia Statesmen Confident of Northern Patriotism. FRAUD PROVED IN FLORIDA. Prospects of the Contesting State Govern- ments in South Carolina. SOUTH CAROLINA, PROSPECTS OF THE RIVAL STATE GOVERN- MENTS-—-CHAMBERLAIN WEAK IN THE TREAS- UBY--ALACRITY OF TAXPAYERS TO SUPPORT HAMPTON—MISSING RETURNS SUPPLIED—A COUNT, FAVORABLE TO TILDEN. [Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Conumuta, Dec, 20, 1876, ‘The dual legislatures to-day adopted measures look- (mgto the provision of ways and means by which to sustain their respective movementa, The Senate passed the tax bill which originated in the Muckey Hoase, levying a tax of seventeen mills on the as- sessed value of all the property in the State, which 1 equivalent to $2,010,000, and it now only requires Chamberlain’s signature to make tt a law in the estimation of the two republican bodies in the State House. It is significant, however, that the republican members of the Sevate, which a day ortwo ugo resolved to take a receas until the 20th of Febru- ary, to-day reconsidered their action and passed a con- current resolution to adjourn sine die on the 22d inst, ‘The colored members of the Mackey House became Satisfied that after the $200 paid thom (which is alleged to have been advanced by United States District Attor- ney Corbin, to secure his election), is expended, they ‘will be minus any funds; and to legislate oven, with. Dut pay, 1s not agreeabie to the average colored Assem- blyman of South Carolina. UNABLE TO COLLECT TAXKS. Prominent repubiicans hero concede the fact that the Chamberlain officials will be powerless to collect any taxey, and it ts palpable that as soon as the one sowpany of soldiers now in the State House is re- foved Chamberlain’s whold fabric ot government will ‘rumble to pieces, MAMPTON’S FINANCIAL SITUATION. On the other hand, Hampton’s government, existing tn the will of the governed, and particularly of the faxpayers, will be ab/é to obtain all the funds it needs. To-day t of resolutions were introduced and passed in the democratic House of Representatives which miake liberal provisions for carrying on the govern- ment, and which will receive the mest cordial indorsement and support of the taxpayers. The resolutions provide for the collections of one-lourth of the State and county tax of last year by the county treasurers and other officials, to be ap-, pointed and designated by Hampton for the purpose, To carry out this programme Hampton is to issue a prociumation calling upon all loyal citizens in the State to support his government and to contribute to its support in the manner indicated. The resolutions further provide for the compensation of the officials, and give detatis providing the necessary machinery to carry on the goveroment, CO-OPERATION OF TAXPAYERS. As an indication that this plan will be successful a umber of taxpayers in all portions of tho State have ready notified Hampton that they are not only ready to pay a percentage of their taxes, but are willing to pay the entire amount, taking the certificate or voucher of his offivrals aga receipt. A taxpayer in Charleston, ‘whogo taxes amount to $2,000. anesatly, telegraphed to Hampton that as svon as he issuca a prociamation he would pay the entire amount to his County Treasurer. AX APPEAL TO CONGRESS. To-night the memorial to Congress asking tho recog: nition of Hampton's government is under the consia- tration of the Wallace House iu secret session. Mass meetings ure to be beld in all the eounties, at which Mmiiar memorials to Congress will be framed and tor- warded. Tho initial meeting was held in Ubarleston bo-night, ‘MISSIXG RETURNS SUPPLIED, Tho sub-committee of the House remaining here— Hon. Milton Suyler, Chairman—heard additional testi- mory as to wissing precinct returns, and which have | trough the efforts of the committee now been fully supplied, Ainong the witnesses was Tim Hurley, the lowest of the Hayes clectors, who some timo ago was ‘Rot well assured of bis election. A COUNT ELECTING TWO TILDEN ELECTORS, The clerk of the comuittee will to-morrow proceed to aggregate\the roturas, and it 1s anticipated and claimed by a leauing demccrat now here trom New York, it is supposed in Mr. Tilden’s imterest, that the actual vote, as ascertained from the returns of the managers of the precincts, will certainly elect two if Rot three of the Tilden electors, FLORIDA. REPUBLICAN FRAUD PROVED BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE IN THE LEON COUNTY CASE—THE SUPREME COURT DECISION LOOKED FOR 10-D#x. (Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. j TALLamassex, Dec. 20, 1876. The House committee cloved its labors here to-day and left for Hamilton county this evening, where they ‘will investigate the Jasper precinct case. Thecommit- tee has mado a clear case of fraud in the canvass of precinct No. 13, Leon county. Mr. Hopkins said:— “It 18 20 complete a caso that Mr. Dunnell (republican) abandoned it after the first witness was heard. He never asked another question or put in another wit- ness, Ho willconcur with usin our report on this case, He told a friend to-day that it was & PIECE OF TRANSPARENT FRAUD."’ Your correspondent asked Mr. Dunnell his opinion of this case. He laughed and said, “Why, there can be only one opinion on that.’ Ho pronounces it a fraud. One hundred and seventy-six republican votes are invoived in this precinct, The Board canvassed it without discussion. \ CLOSING UP THE WoRK. The committee will go to Jacksonville on Friday, and there investigate Alachua and Duval. The sub-committce flaisned Jefferson to-night and ‘ave gone to Jackson county. They will rejoin the main committee at Jacksonville about the 26tn, when the final report will be agreed up oo. The Senate committee examined witnesses tn reter- ence to Munroe and Manatee to-day. Its sessions are still secret, DECISION OF THR MANDAMUS CASK EXPECTED TO-DAT. The Supreme Court adjourned till ten o'clock to- morrow morning, when the judges thought they would be ready with the decision of the mandamus case, Comptroller Cowgill said to me to-da “It the Court orders a new canvass [ willat once proceed to make a new canvass, The judgos are good and able mon, and I not only respect, but obey them.’” LOUISIANA. PROCERDINGS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE. New Ontaans, Dec. 20, 1876, . The Senate Committeo met at hall-past AA. M. A ‘what polis rejected was received from the Returning Beourd, Senator McDonala made a motion thaga sub- peona duces tecum issue to the Returning for all protests and affidavits accompanying the vonsolidatea Statements of the supervisors; alse for the revurns of the commissioners of each poll in each parish. Sepa. tor Howe, chairman, said be could not understand what figure the protests and affidavits, which formed the basis of tho action of the Re- turning Board, could cut im this imvestigation, unless the committee proposed to review the action of | the Board in am appellate capacity. Senator McDonald said it was not the province of the committee to deter- mine anything; the committee wanted only the facts for the information of the body from which the com- mittee derives its authority. The committee ought to know the facts upon which the Board rejected th votes, which, by their statement received, they admit they did reject < The question of oe for other documents of the Returning Board was farther discussed by the com- mittee, VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION 1¥ OUACHITA. Benjamin James, colored, who testitied before the | Returning Boardon November 28, was examined aod testified :—Resides in Ouachita parish ; was a constable rsh for two years, and Deputy Marshal at the time of the election; on N vember 7, atone P. M., be started trom Monroe tor the Logtown poll, about tw: ailes distant, with a ballot box; that about two miles from t! halted by « party of white meo, who asked bim he Was going, and that subsequently ho was taken by one of the men to a dwelling house where about | one bundred men were. gathered around a fire; some of those men were armed with guns; alter a short parley the witness w: Ordered to go down the road with ono of the mre: b way {rom bis keeper and ran through the | woods; several shots were fired after him; ho was | wounded in the arm and took retuge in a wus discovered and again fired upon by ot pursuers, the ball grazing his head; be was not fur. ther injured, and succeeded 1m reaching the reside: of a planter in the neighborhood, by whom cared for and instructed to make an affidavit against the parties whe had done the shooting; be left tho ballot box and his horse and pistol in the hands of the men whe had stopped him on the road. NOT A YaIk ELECTION, The witness also testified that no republican meet- ings were held in the county except when troops were present; he thought thore had not been a fair aud peaceal election 1n Vauchita, and stated that the Degroes were intimidated and threatened ; was told by Rome white men that the democrats would carry the election oy bayonets; was present at u demo- cratic meeting when the speakers stated that the negroes should vote the uemocratic ticket :f they wanted a good governmont and desired to put honest men in office; that the republicans wero making fouls of the colored people. James also testi- fled that just previous to the election the colored peo- ple from the country went into the town of Nonroe armed in order to protect themselves on the way; that ‘a number of guns had been discovered in the town by the United States troops, A BULL-DOZED WITNESS LIKKLY TO Dix, ‘Tho House Surgeon of the Charity Hospital testified that be was attending Logwood, colored, of Ovachita parish, whose deposition was ordered taken 1 yesterday, the witness being unable to attend. Dr. Tewis sald the patient was sullering from. gunshot wounds in the left side, which had injured the lung; he bad probed the wound four or five inches, but | tailed to tod the ball; he thought the wound would | prove fatal, os he was suffering and mach prostrated, ROADS PATROLLED BY DEMOCRATS, Bon James, on cross-examination, said the demo- crats had placed guards ou tho roads leading 1uto Mon- roe before the arms secreted in the city by colored mou were seized by the United States troops, znd that the colored men hud carried the arms to Monroo to protect themeeives in going there, VOTING UNDER DURKSS TO SAVE THKIR LIVES, George Shelton, colored, of Ouachita, testitied that he was shot by Millie Howard on account of being a Tepublicay, being shot in the left breast and twice in the right hand; that after being shot he went to a friend's house who put him out on the gallery for four the whites would come and kill him; also testitied to the gevoral intimidation by the whites, who bad guarded the roads on the day of the election, and broken up the skiffs to. provent the bi.cks from guing to the poils; he had voted the democrat'c ticket at tho election, but thought bis heart would jump out of his mouth when he did so; other colored mov had also voted the democratic ticket at the instigation of lead- Ang republicans iu order to enve their liv: SHUT BY DEMOCRATIC “REGULATORS.” Jane Logwood (colored) testitied:—Am the wife of Eaton Logwood, of Ouachita; that on either the 1st or ‘Sd of last September Captain Keevold, with ninety-six armed men, came to her house and asked jor Kato: she told them he was not there; Keebold suid, him to como and see me or I'll kill him; i knew Keebold, George Phillips and A. Logan, but none of the others of the party; the next Friday four men came and rehed the hou for him; alter shi lett she went down into che woods; she was told they had better leave or they would be kulled; the next day Keebold’s party came back aud searched the house, flelds and adjacent woods for him, and failing to find him Keebold told her to tell Eaton to come and see him next morning or they would con- sider him an onemy and kill him, as be had heard Logwood wanted negroes to arm and whip his (Keo- Doll’s) company; they then leit; on the 10th of September I was sitting on the bed in tue house and beard # gun fire; 1 got up and eturied to tl door, whero I met Eaton, who said “Give me my gun; 1 told mim to ru which be did; juss then i heard another shot, and going out at the door I wy brother-iu-law, Priinas Joboson, with bis baby in his arms, Who said, “Uh, my poor sister, I’m killed,”? and fe down and died, Here the witness burst into tears. After a moment she continued:—He was shot in the side, did not see the men who did the shooting; Jobnsop was sitting onalumber pile in the trout yard when shot; he was a Baptist minister; atter ber husband returned Cuptain Keebvold came to see bim; said he was sorry and sent for a doctor to dross his wounds; Captain Phillips and three other white men als to see him; her husband asked tho government troops at Monroe for protection and they guarded bim cleveu days alterward and theu took bim husband had twenty-three acres of cattle; be had four balls in bis in the’arii aod one in the right side. The committee them took a recess until half-past seven o'clock. 4 WOMAN WHIPPRD BY BULL-DozERs, At the evening session Cora Williams (colored), of the First ward, Quachnita parish, testitica:—Was at a republican meeting at Gradi’s echool house four days betore tho election; Honry Pinkston and my husband were there standing side by sido; Pinkston cried, “free cheers for Brews- ter!’ I was whipped severcly by ball-dozers the same night that Marion Rhodes’ body was brought by; George Phillips and others came in, struck a match and searched the house for my husband; alter they left: Thomas Lyon said it would be proper to give me hell and make mo vel; they came back, four of them, took me out. and whipped me with @ trace trom the buggy; George Philups, Bill Rnoaes and a inan named Busck did the whipping} they said I bad worv my wean to the meeting and had pointed out Phillips; then they went to my brother-in-law’s house und wuipped lim ; they then eame back aud asked me about my bus- band; Walton Logan then put a pistol un the ved ana made me put out the light and go to bed with him; after be lett I saw Thomas Lyons cominz back with a sbovel and saw them burying Marion Rhoaos on the bank of the bayou; after they left tho last time heard firing down toward Henry Pinkston’s, which was four miles away; heard early next mouing that Pinkston was kilied; the men who did the whipping were democrats; bad seen them riding about duy and night; these men belonged to Bill Keebold’s company; he Was ov tho Toad when they whipped me, and said, “Give her bell, but don’t let her bolier;”” Rhodes somo paper, which he stuited into my mout SYSTEMATIC DEMOCRATIC OUTRAGKS, ‘These men organized the lat aay of August; George Lusked him not to whip me; Kennedy said, “Give ber hell;”’ Dr. Potts was aiter they gave me 200 lashes he said, “Boys, ‘enough, she’s not able to take what sho ought Wilts Frasier lived nedr me; 1 heard bin grunting when they whipped him; Marion Rhodes stopped and bid me goodbye the night he was Killed; Going to the swamp; they brougnt ed him to horse’s tail; hoe was ning; the moon was shining, and | could tim plamly; my busvand was m acorn field near by and he came on next day, and then went to Monr and waned until I came; they hunted for him three days and nig! he left; the blacks in my neigh. borhood were republicans, but were afraid to vote that | ticket because the democrats were armed and around the polls; the whites huated tor Jim Thomasson and others; Keebold said us we wore going to the repab- Phillips blindiolded m De. lean meeting that he would cripple every male child io the parish 1€ they did not carry the Abram Wilhams, my father-in-law, living near ™ eo was $ @ lying in his all Dioody; the men who whippea me said they wanted my busbund because he would not go to their club; Walter Logan was the only one who violated me; my litite girl, ten yeat wasin bed at the time; this was on Saturday night before the, cloc- tion; on morning after the wnipping 1 went down to the bank of the bayou, and saw iresh eurth piled there like a grave; told Colonel Dickinson they hau buried Khodes there, bat the colored people were alrald to exainine the gi on the day Brow. ster and Goram spuke at Grady4s Keebold and h whole company were there on the east sid | law said not without I would j | father-in law, HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. and went over the bayou to Morehouse and met the Morehouse bulldozers, who cried ‘halt,"’ aud we rap, and they shot me; I got two bails in the back, one in the arm, and one in the hip; I crawied mito a thicket aud bid till they left. A colored man carried me to bh house. Colonel Brown and Frank Brigham and Sherif Peterkin came in and looked at me and said I would do to plant next morning; next day my wife sent 4 spring wagon and took me hoi Captain Theobald and some of his men came to the house, all armed; Theobald said, “Damn you, think of Dink- grave, and if you can get well enough to creep you had better leave Louistana;” [ was shot with buckshot; after I got out I went to Bastrop and asked Frank Brigham for my gun; he said be would have to see a little while I was arrested vit and put im jail, and k daysand then disen 3 from whom | rented, if 1 would be sate; b the democratic party; he also testitied that such a state of terrorism existed on the island that many colored people were atraid seen talking to bim and nad to the other parties; io on an affida- to give ap their clubs; most of the colored people on the island who could pot get to Monroe voted the uemo- cratic ticket; po one bad told Lim there was trouble in Morehouse parish and for him to go over there; did | not see Sherif Peterkin wih the men who | heard nothing of the Sherif | being out with » tier a body of men who had mobbed bis house; knew ot no armed boay of colored men in Ouachita as not a member of any such body; had never heard of any demo- crat being burt previous to the election or being intimidated; went to Monroe to vote becuuse | he was afraid to vote on tho tsiand; had fifty-five acres rented, which he cuitivated with the assistance of his ‘The committee then adjournea until ten A. M, to- morrow. MRS. PINKSTON UNABLE TO ATTEND. It having been asserted by democratic counsel yes- terday that Eliza Pinkston, the colored woman who testified before the Returning Board after being car- ried there on a litier, uad been seen running ap the steps of the custom house, the following cortilicate wus filed to-day by counsel for the republicans was arrested at Bastrop for | pose, . New Ontuans, Dec. 20, 1876, We certify that tho physical condition of Elisa Pinkston, residing at No. 202 Ciravier . will not permit her to make the exertion required to attend the committee court, We believe thai 9 day will be confined to her bod, and that any exertion at’ this time is likely to add a serious complication to her presout debilitated condition. cB, WHITK, M.D. A.W. SMYTL, M.D, PROCEEDINGS OF THR HOUSE COMMITTER, New Ortraws, Dec. 21, 1876. At to-day’s session of the House Committee, George A. Branstorple (colored) testified that he voted the democratic ticket; was afterward knocked down and beaten, then arrested and sent to the parish prison for ten days; was beaten because he voted tho democratic ticket; named the parties who attacked him; made a complaint to the police, but they rofused to protect him; was threatepod belore the election; the women wemtaround telling the colored men they would be re- turned to slavery if the democrats succeeded. Cross-cxamined:—Was not troubled during the elec- tion ; reiterated that he had been attacked; detailed the circumstances of the attack; after being assailed, made a complaint to the police; they arrested him for disturbing the peace; ho was tried by the Justice’s Court and condemned to pay a fue of $5 or ten days in prison; was sent to prison; was furmorly a republi- can, but changed his politics because he bad nothing to do and wanted work. 4 MAMBER OF THE RETURNING BOAKD. Charles Casanave, of tho Returning Board, testified that ha was born in New Ori is Recorder of Births, : Deaths and Marriages; bas boen @ memtor of the Re- turning Board since 1872; all the members of the Bourd belonged to the republican party; thore wasa recommendation to fill tho vacuncy, but the Board could not agree; Mr. Kennedy was proposed; witness retused to answer whether or not he favored the elec- tion of Kennedy as a member of the Board; suine Teturns of supervisors were returned ‘direct e@ Board, others to the secretary of the returns wero opened in tho presence of representatives of both parties; all final decisions were made in private session; the Board made up returns from consolidated stutomenta of supervisors and never allowed any additions to be made by the supervisors alter the statements were received by the iB & few instances they sent for boxes, but don’t remember to what parishes; did not canvass Grant parish ; received some irregular returos ‘sarew out East Fels ause of general intimi tion before and during lection; don’t remember huving act y charge v1 intimidation previous to the lust registration. When asked whether in. tendeu to bring tor the inspection of the committeethe original returos supervisors be said he had not brought the papers; could not bring them withoat the cocsent ofthe Buard; would consult with the other members of the Board, and it they consented bo would bring the returns; don’t know whether the Tilden or the Hayes electors had majority of the Votes cust according tothe supervisors’ statements; never heard any of the members say who had « majority; knows thoy threw out two parishes and several polls in ovher parishes; thinks the vote thrown out aggregated several thousand; could not say how muny; thinks probubly 4,000 or 5,000; don’t recollect the number of parishes in which votes were thrown out; thinks there were fourteon or fifteen, $ timony similar to that of Gen- erul Anderson last night regarding the three questioned polis in Orleans parish and most other matiers as to tho action of the Board. RETURN OF THE ELUCTORAL Vors. General Anderson on being recalled handed a state- Ment to the committee, saying it was the original statement signed by all the membrs of the Returning Board, showing the vote for Presidential tne State, The st nt contained th vote, bot the vote by purisnes. Gen: Augerson said he ordered the clerk to make out a complete jatement of the vote by paris! to ve filed beioro th woretary of Stu jut did not know wi that was done as we got through ish we sent it to the clerk par marked ‘compiled,’ to be immediately entered on the list; when polis were rejected they wero murkea “re- Jected’’ and sent to the clerk; we could not make a complete list of the vote by parishes in time to pro- mulgate it according to law, but ordered the clerk to do ot afterward; was absent when parishes leer Rey ges by we Boar Boge clerk mado @ addition of the vo! leaving out the polis rei i the Board revived these "additions, sescpatanicsa MISTAKE CORRKCTED, In the statement han to the committee it was evident that the ure and letters had been changed, which was explained by General Ander- son sayiug that some of the parishes bad been mis- Placed by the clerk, but he did not remember very well how the mistake occurred, and that the clerk had satisiactorily explained it atthe time, No one was present in the room where the Board was at work on ‘she night betore the promulgation except the membera pet ag Board and counsel when brought in to give vice, THE REJKCTED POLLS. Witness produced a memorandum of the polls ro- Jected by the Returning Board, with the reason thero- jor, The list shows that tity-four polls in tweny parishes Were turowa out aud the parishes of Grant aud East Feliciana, In answer to interrogatories General Anderson testitied:—We made our compila- tion from the consolidated statements of tho Super- visors of Registrauon, and dul not consider any re- turns made by the Commissioners of Election; if tie Supervisors made the returns with three or four polls lett out wo counted only those returned and consid- re; We relused to nce of certitled copies of the roturi ners of Election filed inthe District courts; in revising vote for electors pariah we tad the evidence of the Co 4 ers of Election showing that those electors received the uunsber of votes given them; don’t kuuw which party received a majority of the polis thrown out; doa’t kuow that every poll thrown out gave u democratic majority; don’t know that the supervisor of East atou Rouge made his provest if making | bis returas to the Board. OKIGINAL RETURNS DEMANDED, The Chairman read to the witness instructions to bring th Papers before the committee that were incn- tioved in the subpona served upon him, and nT that the committee desired only to inspect the original documents, and the Board need not part with them; that the clerks of the cominittoe had been ut work eight days copying the originuls and were not yet torough; that it was neccessary the commitice suould see the papers as soon as possible. The witness replied that he would submit the matter to the Board, THE BED RIVER SUB-COMMITTEE. Gatvestos, Texas, Dec, 20, 1876, The House sub-Committce on Louisiana affairs, con. sisting of Congressmen Meade, Danford and Hotse, ar- rived here this morning enroute forthe upper Red of the house; there were fort; on the day of the election; saw companies pass my door, ail going to the poll 7 at Cole's bucket of whiskey and treated been in New Orleans twenty-one days; was summoned here by the United States Marshal; talked with Browster, Goram aud United States marsbal about testimony, und made an ailidavit before thom; they read the questions apd I answered them. Witnoss was then closely interrogated tn reierence to the affidavit printed iu Sherman’s repors, aod stated given answers vontained there, except that Rhodes was dragged behind the horse, as he was tastencd to the horse by a rope under his arms; his stomach was ;,he could not tall because the rope held him u been here Hugh Young came to see me aad said he had been hore three weeks and wanted to know how things were at home; he askea me out on the gallery aud asked if | knew who had whipped I told him I did, but refused to toil him whotuey were; told me [ had better mind how 1 talked, and thought he was going to draw u revolver; when ‘he left 1ollowed bim down to the door; Joo Swan and Dr, Young bid 4 hey lived in Oun- chita; saw all three of them days atter in front of the Custom House, TBRRORISM IN OUACHITA. ed, Andrew McLeod, colored, x lived in Ouachita sinco 1868; was there at jon first | saw of the bulluozers was last A' Pinkston ‘was the first man killed, 1 knew Captat eobolds, Bil Rhodes and the two Logavs, of Keebolds’ company; on the morning of September 1 was at home; saw some colored men, who came down; they said Keebold’s men re thumping colored men at Piinoker’s and“ taking their arais; River parishes. They will be absent abous ten days, GOVERNOR HENDRICKS. HR DEPRECATES THE ASSUMPTION OF THE POWER IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE TO COUNT THE ELECTORAL VOT£, AND SEES IN ITS POS- SIBLE EXERCISE A SERIOUS PUBLIC DANGER— THE HOUSE MUST BE SUSTAINED BY PUBLIC OPINION. Ixpranapouis, Ind., Dec. 20, 1876. The Journal of to-morrow will contain an interview with Governor Headricks, the loading pointsot which aro as follows:— Tho Governor said the men who voted for Governor Tilden believe he was elected, aad they are greatly ex- cited at the possibility that he is to be deprived of ine office, aud another to bo inaugurated, who was not eleoted, by means of party machinery anti-republican 40 1ts character and even by disregard of the local law. RIGHTS AND DUTIEG OF THR nOUSR. They do not believe that ander republican institu- tions it is possible that no inquiry can be made into the conduct of the four men ia Louisiana who under- took to control the Presidential eloetion by traudulent means, They believe that it is the duty of the House of Representatives to see that Proposed wrong 1 lett | defoated, even should the Benate attemps to maimisin it The opinion prevails generally, I believe, Universally among them, that the House of Repre- sentatives is clothed with equal power with the Senate | in the decision of all questions which arise during ine | progress of the count of tho electoral vote, aud that ) it would be # usurpation in flagrant violation of the | rights of the people should the vote be counted aud | the question decided by the presiding officer of the Senate in dotianco of the rights of the House. Rerorten—What public significance is there to be attached to the action of the democrats in calling pub- le meetings in the Northwest, especially im this State? And as your supposed connection with it has given tise to much comment will you state whether, in your opinion, either party would under any circumstances be justified iu resorting to forced to secure the Presi- | dency ? | i | NO DESIGN TO BRSORT TO PORE. Governor Huxpxicks—The fact that this power above liuded to is claimed for the nt of the and {ts exercise by him is threat has greatly con- | tributed to excite popular feeimg. in this condition | of the public mind the democratic committee of tho | State tssued the eall for the Convention for tho | 8th of January; not for the purpose, 1 sup- : » of making apy threats or of orgunizing | any resistance to authoritv, but for the purpose | gf making a public expression at the threatened in- Yasion of popular rights, and of giving the House of Representatives wn assurance of support in the exer- cise of its constitutional rights and prerog: There is no purpose so tar asl am informed of going furthi Lu further answer to your inquiry, I do not regard force as a means to be contemplated to securo the Presidency. THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION, So far as the 8th of January Convention is con- cerned I am very sure that its reliance, :ts only reli- ance, to secure the yesult of the Presidential election will be upon the force and power of public opinion in | support of the right and against the wrong, and in sup- port of the House of Representatives in the assertion and exercise of its constitutional powers as U haye been declared in the uniform practice he adoption of the twenty second joint rule and (ne passage by the Senate of Governor Morton’s vill at the inst weston. A POSSIBLY SERIOUS DANGER. itis perhaps prover to add that should the House positively assert its right to participate :n the count, and should that right be denied and reiused by the Senate, supported by the Executive, we would stand in the presence of serious dangers—uot becaure of any party movements, but because of a conilict in the ma- chiwery of the government without any tribunal for its adjustment, NO DANGEROUS DEMOCRATIC CONSPIRACY, T observe in some newspapers the statement that a secret political soc: y 8 being organized in this State, the purposes of which ure dangerous to the peace of society, I think | am in a position to know if thero ‘were any such movement ip this State, or portion of it, and I fool confident in saying that the report is without any foundation in truth; it is false and L believe, and I think | know, it bas originated with bad men and Jor partisan and bad purposes, The contest in this Séite tast summer and fall was on the part of the democraey and conservatives eminently fair aud open, The bo Motive, and, T am sure, there is no purpose to depart irom’ that'policy. VIRGINIA SENTIMENT. PROMINENT EX-CONFEDERATES ON THE RBELA- TIONS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH—NO WISH FOR STRIFE. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Ricumonp, Dec, 20, 1876, The perils of the Republic und tho prospect of war wero diseussed in both houses of the General Assem- bly here to-day when General Bradley T. Johnson's resolutions denouncing the use of troops in South Carolina came up tn the Senate, and a bill to practi- cally abolish the office of Adjutant General was under consideration in the House, The South Carolina resolutions were adopted by a vote of 31 to4, The dill was ordered to be engrossed reducing the salary ot the offico of Adjutant General from $2,000 to $100 por annum, and allowing the Gov- ernor to fil it, DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT. From the utterauces in debate and algo from private expressious of opinion evoked by the course of General Shelby the following views of prominent ex-Confed- erate generals, members of the Assembly, were ob- tained ;— . General Bradley Johnson's idea is that the spirit of liberty, which now seems slumbering in the North, will awaken when once the people are made aware tuat the Republicis in danger. He thinks the Northern domo- orats not at all lacking in courage, and believed that the mags of the repubticun party North are just us much attached to hberty us we are, but that just now they consider they are doing good service by keeping the rebels out of the government. The remedy is to con- vince tne Northern people that THRIR OWN LIBERTIXS ARE IN DANGI nce of them.’? sentiment is system resis, Let the rod ot that the living waters of trath and justice may break forth.” The resolutions adopted 1m the Senate to-day and now to go to the House for concarrence, General Johnson hopes, as the voice of Virginia, will be a step in tho right direction, GENERAL W. i. LEK, a son of General Robert E. Lee agi a Senator, said toa Iriead the other day, ‘*Wo ure in the guard house, If we make a noise they will buck and gag us."’ Never- leas he voted jor the resolutions, Sv did General W. R. Terry, though ho did not at first ‘sco that Virginia's voice would be listened to by the North. lo the House, General W. B. Taliaferro, while dis- cussing the bill in relation to the Adjutant General, and Teply ing to a member who w: derstood as say- mg that ‘there was no need of the militia and no de- sire on the part of Virginians for a fight,’ suid that ne was “not in favor of abject subinission to the mil tary power.” He thought “the Northern democrats ought to take the initiative in securing justice; but they sbould know that the Sontnerners wouid sus- tain them.” General Taliaferro ts chairman of the Democratic Stare Committee. ELUY'S POSITION OF NO IMPORTANOR. Generals Johnson, Terry, Taliaterro and Smith did gard shelby Position as of any importance, simpossible for any man or set of mon to trauafer the allegiance of the Southern people trom one cause to another. GOVERNOR KEMPRK’S CONFIDENCE IN VIRGINIA. Governor Kemp@, who, like Lee, Taliaferro and Smith, was a major genoral in the Confederate army, and who was teartully wounded at Gettysburg, recenuy —"“It wrong aud usurpation overcome for a timo tempts to arrest them this Commonwealth, so long tried by the fercest ordeals of adversity, will not only join tn hyd legal, peaceful and constitutional effort to rescue the liberties of the country, but will know how to pregerve its habitual composure and for- titude through e vicissitude of the future, No con- tingency can come and none can be conceived ot in which Virginia will despair of the Repubiic.”” BOTH SECTIONS WANT PEACE. General Daoucy H. Maury, whose gallant defence of Mobile gave him a wide reputation, now a private citi- “Phe North and Soutn aro already inaugu- sures that can save this govern- ‘As for us of the South, we have shown bow earnestly We can keep the peace. God | sound Wo may nover again suow how we make can war! MR. JULIAN'S FEARS. HE FOREBODES A FAILURE OF THE TWO HOUSES TO COUNT THE VOTES AND A SUDSE- QUENT CONFLICT BETWERN THE PEOPLE AND THE ‘MILITARY SATRAPS.” (px TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Ixpiaxarouis, Deo, 20, 1876. Hon, George W. Julian, who wan ten years a leading apd radical republican in Congrese, who supported Greeley 1p 1872 and Tilden tn 1876, and who was one of the Tilden committed of observation recently at Now Orleans, resides at Irvington, a | jew miles east of this city. In order to obtain bis views on the status aud probabilities of tho Presiden. tial muddle a Hera.p representative sougut this gen- tiginan. In response to various suggestive interroga- tories Mr. Julian gave hie opinions, which I condense into the following statement :— CLOOMY VIEWS OF MR. JULIAN, The political complication has to me a serious as- pect. Ido not preciscly apprehend war or bloodshed, yet I perceive the gravest of possibilities of such aris- ing from our obscure and disputed situation, Thotrou- blo is that many points now arising are new, and us yet unacted ou by our government, This very obscurity ja inade a pretext by those who seek ends regardless of just of constitutional or lawful means to fument ex- citement and distu public mind. Mr. Julian thi that during tho Congressioual work in Februat when the electoral vote isto be counted, might bly be @ dangerous period; but he feared tbat the real danger might arise at the end of Grant’s term. If, when turther and official investi- Jon is bad, it 18 plaia to the democracy and tothe whole people who would deal fairly, that the villainous returning boards of the Gulf States have falsely, it fail fraudulently and despotically counted Hayes in, ‘would be dastardly cowardice in tho democracy to to ipwagurate the houestly elected President PORMSIBLY TWO INAUGURATION. This, Mr. Julian thought, might lead guration and & disputed possession which might, of course, with Grantl: primed, precipitate s forcibio contest and lead airestly to bloodshed. Ho thought that if the result remained in dispute, aad by aspecice of despotic and auwar- rantable action tho ding officer of the Senate un- dertook the rdle of Judge and jury and decided upon hisown mot the House of Represe ves might decide to ignore his action, and declare that a failure of tne people to elect leit con. stitationul mode but ono, and they woula proceed to elect Tuden, A QUESTION OF FORCE. Then Mr. Julian thinks the question would soon Darrow down to one as statod in & Jeading journal bo- tween hee people on the one hand and military ‘foal tmtamous and corr : sanemagecadsan phasing KBLLOGO’S RETURNING BOARD. Lesmversed with Mr. Julian concernug Bis impres- Mr sions obtained in Louisiana while observing th 'O~ ceedings of the Kellogg Returning Board. He briefly revounted the views as set forth in the manifesto of the Tilden committee, and strongly emphasized the salient points which charged e# post facto manipulation by those acting under the Kellogg-Packard part Juhaa referred with bitter Bo aud contempt to Indianapolis Jourial’s reier- ated statement, attributing to bim the observation | that “E@za Pinkston was a negro wench, played tor dramatic effect.” Ho positively denied ever having spoken anything which could be construed into such language. MRS. YINKSTON’S STORY. Referring to the Pinkston woman and her story, Mr. Julan said:—~She ts a terrible liar, and no ope who listened to ber story trom beginning Ww end put avy faith in its reliability. No dowbt was entertained about un outrage having been perpetrated upon her husband, out by whom or from what cause was not by any means ciearly shown. ‘This y woman declared that sho herself was terribly gushed | li her gaprug | and mutilated, but it was singular that wounds were in places on Ler person beyund the in- spection of a modest committee of investigation. She frequently contradicted ber own stury, and Ler state | wont yoies, The only \mportant business transacted ment would fall stillborn beiore any intelligent jury | authorized to hear and weigh testimony." TILDEN'S MAJORITY IN LOUISIANA, Mr. Julian 1s coutirmed in the belief that Tilden fairly and ponestly carried Louisiana by av overwhelin- ing majority, aud that ultimately the fair play Ameri- can people will insist on bis assuming the respousibili- ties and prerogatives of the Presidency. ANTI-PAMMANY AND THE DENCY. A special mecting of the Execative Committee of the anti-lammany organization was beld last night at Irving Hall, Mr. Emanuel B. Hirt in the chair, The Chair stated that m the present disturbed condition of politics it was Mtting that the organization should place on record an expression of its views. George H. PRESI- | Purser then arose and proposed the following resolu- tons, which were adopted ;— Resolved, That the county democracy rega ua infamous conspiracy of the republic the election of thelr dential candidates vy sys and fraudulent returns, and the cunduct of U. , encouraxing and protecting such outrages ou the sacred rights of the peuple by military power, as treason guinat the constitution aud laws of the Union, impatring contidence ballot box as the palladium of our liberties aud the pressivn of national opinion. Heevolved, That it is the patriotle duty of every citizen who regards the principles and de tho perpetantio blican institutions to insi the unquesti« eturuing boards in Carolina. shall not be per- d 1 will of the people recorded in favor of and Hendricks, and we urge the adoption of such ineasures by Congress as may effectually expose and trustrate the conspiracy and secure « result honestly repre senting the popular will, aud contribute to the prosperity of she uation, Resolved, That in view of the grave importance of th isting political crisis, equally involving the peuce and I op! Stave Central ( tly requested to issue a cull lor a State vention to adopt such measures as in its Judgment be necessary to sustain the popular verdict honestly dered and to prevent the © rr of republican trauds aud the usurpation and exercise of uu constitutional and dangerous powers by the Presidout of the United States, Kexolved, That the courage, patriotism and forbearance exhibited by Wade Hampton in xouth Ca . notwith. principled and illegal violence of its o usional introduction of United ntat, troups fur purposos of intimidati titled to our re spect, and we sympathise in forts to wvoure to that State the right of F Under a resolution pi meeting the follow- ing named gentiemen were appointed a committee on reorganization tor 1877 , Ww PR Mitchell, George H. Purser, Thomas McKeever, Dennis Burns, Emanuel 8, Hart aud Jonn D, Coughiin. TAMMANY'S ORGANIZATION. The Tammany Committec on Organization met yes- terday afternoon and entertained reports in regard to the difficulties in tho Sixteenth and Twenty-first Assembly districts. The reports showed thas the dif- fereaces had boen settled, and they were plucod on fle. Primaries for the election of delegates to the Gen- eral Committee tor 1877 wero urdered tor the 27thjinst., each Assembly district to have one representative lor every 100 votes polled for the electoral ticket at the late election. This plan will tncrease the number of the committee to nearly 1,200; the present number being about 860 The members of the commitice rep- exenting the Eighth, Tenth and Seventeenth Assem- bly districty, which districts compose tho Seventh Congressional district, were authorized to call a con- vention to nominate a candidate to fill the vacaucy caused by the resignation of Congressman Smith Ely, Mayor elect, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE, ‘The struggle for the Now Jersey United States Sen- atorship, for the Prosidency of the State Senate and ior the offices in the Houso of Assembly, where the partios are evenly divided, will bo without precedent. A meet- ing of prominent democratic New Jersoy politicians was held yesterday in the Merchants’ Hotel in this city to prepare for the emergency. It wus unanimously agreed that Senator Dayton, of Bergen county, receive the*caucus nomination for resident of the Senate and dichael Nathan jor that of Sergeant-at Arms, while no conclusion was arrived at in regard to the C i Another meeting will be held to-morrow to detormine this question, For the United States Sevatorship the names of Jobn R. McPherson and Ashbel Groen were preseited. It was finally decided that Mr. McPherson receive the support of the gentlemen present. Ho has already twenty-seven of the forty-one democratic votes in caucus, THE MIDLAND BAILROAD. AN ABSTRACT OF THE YEARLY REPORT—A DE- FICIENCY OF NEARLY THIRTY-THREE THOU- BAND DOLLARS. John G. Stevens and Abram S. Hewitt, receivers of the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, havo made their yearly report, of which the following ab- stract contains the most :mportant matters :— STOCK AND DEBT: Capital stock by charter Amount subseribod. 7,107,500 Amount paid in. 6,800,022 Funded aebt.. 16,073,500 Floating debt last report. 6,411,960 Prevent floating debt......... 6,498,501 "Average rate of interest on funded debt, 7 per cent. The cost of road and equipment is stated at $26,228,408 93—an increase during the year of $56,768 92, the principal item of outlay being $43,716 for grading and masonry, The number of passengers carried was 234,870, and tons oi freight, 228,103, Tho following is the tablo of expenses of maintaining tho road:— Ropair of roadbed. + $114,003 Cost of iron for r . 2,335 Repair of buiigt 1,807 Repair of tencet 798 Taxes on real estate.... 32,626 Total..... $151,610 The expentes of repairs of machinery was $74,885 30, and of operating the road $200,203 70. ‘he following 18 the table o! cash receipts and carn- ing Passengers. Freight... Other sources, TOtAL, «sss eeereeeeeereres sees Payments other than {or constraction w Interest ....- Rentul of leased lines + 32,920 wnd thirteen injured THE TWO JOSEPHINES, A despatch wus received yesterday afternoon at the Central Office from Warden Fox requesting that a Coroner be sent to the Island to take the ante-mortem statement of a prisoner. Coroner Woltman at once burried to the Penitentiary Hospital, where be tound am tomale convict, named Josephine King, lying im @n wneonscious condition, An ellort was made to srouse her, but it proved ineffectual. lt appears that on the afternoon of Vecember 7 tic woman hed some words with 4 woman named Marks in the sewing room of tho prison, when both became quurrelsome, Lut they were provented from coming to biowy. In the evening they renewed the diffieuity in the dormitory, where 120 female convicts sleep, during which Joseph Marks wrencbed a piece of jrou from one of the cot and strack Josephine King on the back the nead, ing @ severo scalp wound. The Iw fel the floor and was carried to the Penitentiary Hospital condition, The blow Ld =~ Foceived has, it appears, produced coneussion of t! ny periosteum of the skill wi Moaday she bas beeu growing weaker, The attending physician last night expressed the opinion that she patient could not recover, Josephine King was sent to the Penitentiary on Sepember for five months, having been convicted in the Speci ‘ Sessions of potit . Ab the ‘of her commitment she suid b Marks bus been an inimate 1 the prison since Septw: ber 13, She was sent up on the char; picking. A BOLD PLUNDERER, Captain Allaire was going through Mulberry strect yestorday, when he met a man carrying a basket on bis head. On boing questioned as to its contents, he said it was linen for the wash, buat the captain, on fcol- ing it, found that there was some hard substance with- jo, The man was then barden, but replied bd; urning i} on Cap- tain Allaire’s head, almost imprisoning that oficial in the meshes of a lot of tarness, He = dine led himself, however, ana chase to tl ho was now fiyt A28e. ot toe. large vatemm as Sear tre Market, gave tem totuge to the fugitive, The captain roe a hiumectf bares out here, bat whes he had summoned Officer Palmer and Detective Coyle an entrance was mace, and the bearer of the mysteri- ous burden tound in tho collar. At the station house ‘bo gavo bis naune as Joho Mitoholl alias Salpelder, THE ELECTION FRAUDS. WHAT THE AIM OF MR. COX BEALLY 18—FEW FRAUDS IN NEW YORK. The investigation by the Congreasional Committee into the alleged trauds tn the tate election in this city was resumed yesterday, with Mr, Cox as chairman, at the St. Nicholas Hotel Mr. Cox evideutly looks upon tho investigation as faras New York is concerned im the light of a tarce. He says there was really 20 frauad bere, gud that this was the most honeas election ever hold, In fact, he thinks that om uelther the republican nor the deino-, cratic side twenty-live illegal - votes were cast, Where Mr. Cox expects to uncarth and bring to the light of day the iniquity of false registration and false voting is in Philadeiphia There he thinks be can sbow that the repablicans polled over 15,000 (raud- at the meeting yesterday was respecting the resolution calling on tho tolegraph companies for copies of despatches that passed between prominent politicians during the campaign, Mr. Cox, after calling the mecting to order, said that the first business was the cousiderution of the substitute off the day previe ous by Mr, Waddell to the resoiaion offured by Gen- eral MacDougall, PKOCKEDINGS OF THE COMMITTER. Tho resolution ryferred to was that one calling upon the telegraph companies for copies of all despatches sent or received reiting to the recert elections by Abram S. Hewitt, Smith Lily, Jr. ; Colonel Pelton, Jouu Morrissey, John’ Kelly, Smith M, Weed, Jr.; Damiet Magone, Jr., and Fernando Wood. Tho amemimeots offered ‘by Mr, Wells did uot ulter the complexion of tho orginal in any water! degree and the same ground ulmost was gone over, the question bet whether the commnittec had the power to issue a sweep ing order to. the officials of the telegraph companion compelling them to produce all velegrains relating to the recent elections. The preamble to Mr. Wells’ amendment commeaced :—*Whereas it is claimed that frauds have been committed,’? &e, Mr. Cox took occasion to claim in this connection thut there was no ground for the assertion, aud thas all telegrams sent by the gentlemen named were sont tm the cause of truth and buoesty. He also said that iter due consideration be was of the opinion that tha committee had no power to go outside of the duties prescribed by the resolution of Congress under whica they were acting. A vote on the adoption of the by Mr. Wells showed two ip the and threo in the negative (dem.) Mr. Waddell’s substitute to the original resolution was adopted, alter which Mr, Rice offered the following Terolution :— ved, That the resolution ay am ” Jed be Inid on the stponed till the where it is now Mr Wells asked for information as to the best ethod of obtaining the records of all courts im the cities mentioned in the resolution bearing upon the 1 vestigation, Mr. Charlies R, Miller was the He stated that he resided at No, Brouklyn; that he had lived in Kings county over twenty years and that he was familiar with the politi- cal history of East New York, He then gave & sort of general record of votes cast there during the elections of 1873 and 1875. It was the purpose, General McDou- gall said, who conducted the examination, to snow tuat voters were seat from Brookiyn to Kast New York to vote. ‘The Chairman evidently thought that the committee ought not to go outside of the powers delogated vy the resolution, abd suggested that they could not go on unless the gentiomen stated that they intended toshow that there was a connection between the votes cast in Brooklyn and in New Lote or Eust New York. ‘Ybe examination of Mr. Miller was coutinued, and he went on to give statistics relating to census re- turns, registrauion and voting in the town of New Lots, claiming that, bemg outside of the registry mws, large frauus were committed, as the citizens were without that protection. He suid that 2,105 votes were poiled at the last electiot wus about 11,000, @ large proportion of it being man; that the town, in his opinion, had not m than 1,600 legal voters, and that i was generally con- ceded by buth republicans and democrats that the last election was fraudulent. Mr, Cox insisted that the witness name any demo- crat who had conceded that the election was fraudue Jent, but he could not, and Mr. Cox subsided back 1m his chair with wo air of triumph. General McDougall then asked the witness whether he knew any demo- crat who would be likely to concede frauds on their ide; but as it was go much like the question uf Dun- ry—'Does your brother like cheese?””—"'l have no her, "—"But if you bad a brother, would ne like cheese ?’—that the Chairman objected to 11 being put. Tho witness was handed about from one member of the committee to another, but there was absolutely noth- ing elicited from him which couid be accepted as proof of fraud, all his statements being based on rumor or general report, He was not in the town on the day of cleetion, and had no personal knowledge of falye regis- tration or colopization of voters. At the conclusion of the examination of Mr, Millor he was asked to furnish the names of the mspectorsof election, Mr, Cox laughingly saying, ‘Sr. stiller, you must have voted tor me im 1572; I'm sorry you've changed your political opinions”? Subpa@nas wore ordered to be made out on the gentlemen uamed by Mr. Miller, and tho sitting was adjourned until half past two in the afternoou. Alter recess Mr, Wells moved that subpm@nas be is- sued to compel the attendance of the clerks of alithe courts of record in New York aud Brooklyn. This iu- elades the State and United States courts, and 1a done for the purpose of Seige) the nuinber and the names of persons naturalized in their several courts during the year prior to the election, fke subpmaus were At Mr. McDougall’s ‘request subpa@nas were issued to Dudley Gregory, iron manufacturer of Jersey City; Majcr Pangborn, of the New Jersey Journal; F. Snyder and U. Heury Johnson, of the Evening Journal; Aldermen Hill and Rowley, o! lyn; Silas B, Dutcher and David Williams, ot Brooklyn¢ William Donaldson, of Willinmaburg. No business being beture the committee and no wi nesses in attendance, alter a session of half an hour ag adjournment was had till to-day. DAVENPORT TO MAKE A STATEMENT. Mr, Cox says thata statement ts now in course of preparation by Messrs. Corporation Counsel Whitney and Joba I, Davenport that will settle the whole ques- tion as to the fairness of the election in this city and county. It will be remembered that Whitney and Davenport met to agree upon a plan which should 1n- sure # {air eloction, Davenport had a list of doubtful legal voters and of porsous whose naturalization was supposed to buen obtatned by fraud. Arreste were mude in every instance where any suspicion was entertained as to the legality of the would-be votors’ right to the suftrage. This statement will be laid bo- fore the committec. On being asked whether this jatement would grant that there had beena fair tion, Mr. Cox said, “Yes; I met Mr, Davenport the other day, and L asked him bis opinion in regard to the canvass, and he said it was the fairest election ever hold in this city, and there was less fraud than he ever remembered.” A MAYOR DENOUNCING JOBS, Mayor Stodier, of Jersey City, has appealed to the citizens to assemble in mass inceting at Kepler Hall, on Saturday evening, to denounce the echeme tor the purchase uf a portion of the old Harrison estate, at $2,500 a lot, for the erection of a new court house, He compares the project to Tweed’s court house job, which was only to cost a few bundred thou. sund dollars, but which has d yet is not completed. will meet to-day, and the resolution authorizing the purchase may be vetoed, he recomments the citi- zens to awalt {urther developments before taking any puolic action, Should the Direttor at Large not v. the scheme, or the Board pass i over his veto, the Mayor warns the taxpayers to bestir themselves before 1t is too late, He closed by saying I will not spenk of the inability.of the taxpayers to stand the expendit ting for e wt present, or the necessit, h dimensions CONNECTICUT WESTERN RAILROAD, THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOND- HOLDERS—-A REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE ROAD—A TEMPORARY SURKENDER. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Harrvorp, Dec. 20, 1876 An adjourned meeting of bondholders of the Con. necticut Western Railroad was held here to-day, to act upon the report from @ committee previously ap, pointed to conier with tho directors relative to funding the coupons for the next four years, and including tbose pow overd 4 unpaid, This commitice reported the liavilities of bonds, | v0 be moe overdue — coupons, 10, tout of $8,001,426," a of the road is in excess of $5,000,000. Gross ear over the gross operating expenses for four years since July, 1872, $622,666. The committee, in view of those facts, reported ad- versely ob the proposition of the directors to fund the coupons and to torm a sinking fand for the redemp- tion of the bonds issued in their place, aud recom. mended on the contrary two plans :— rt—That bondholders surrender all their bonds and coupons and exebange for preferred stock, or Seconl—That toreciosure proceedings be taken. Alter an extended debate on these two me a ol a. o committee, consisting of H. 3. fora; ©. J. Camp, of Wi and Dr. Dorby, was appointed to secure a stock! ' mect- 1ug and endeavor to effect an 1b for bondholders to take coliatorais for their bonds, w! ceeding B60" shall manage the road, this being in temporary surrender of the road to the without the formality of the further bstance @ bondholders foreclosure, provided in tne plans stock shall bave the right to purchase ure this preferred stock and bonds at aay the year 1900 by paying the par value any arroars sort of the suven per cent sem: terest provided for, It was directed that bamed committee ascertain the names holders aud amounts of bonds held, and Of the road were instructed to issue no and were criticised ior issuing the large amount how on the marke,